Power Apps + Power Automate with Azure Insights

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Hello Everyone,

Currently the logger mechanism, We are handling in power-apps with the user details, screen name, action performed, date are handling in the patch and those information have been stored in dedicate DB.

Based on the information in the Database we have built the Power BI to figure the insights, Request created in week / months by user , How many failure/ errors occurs in week/ month.

As the volume of DB increases, they want to check with the Azure Application Insights. I have some queries related to the implementation.

How exhaustive the information will be ? ( For e.g., there is a Landing Page application in Power Apps currently i will be capturing from this screen -> Request Screen by current user)
How the billing will be generated because we need to implement this multiple apps.

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11manish 987 on at

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Using Azure Application Insights shifts your logging from a custom DB to centralized telemetry.

What you get

Can capture all current data (user, screen, action, timestamp)

Plus additional insights:

Performance metrics

Error tracking

Session and dependency monitoring

Key considerations

No direct integration from Microsoft Power Apps → use Microsoft Power Automate or Azure Function

Billing is based on data ingestion (GB/day) → costs increase with volume

Cost optimization

Log only key events (submit, errors)

Avoid logging every action

Use sampling and minimal payload

Recommendation
Use a hybrid approach:

DB → business reporting (Power BI)

App Insights → errors, performance, diagnostics

App Insights is powerful and scalable, but control logging volume to manage costs effectively.

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Hi @MS.Ragavendar,

1. How exhaustive is the data?

For canvas apps, Application Insights gives you two layers. System-generated logs automatically capture screen views, session data, user info (Entra ID), app load performance, and network request details. On top of that you can use the Trace() function in Power Apps to send custom events with whatever additional context you need, like screen name, action performed, user details, and any custom fields. So you can replicate exactly what you are currently patching to your DB, plus get the platform-level telemetry on top of it for free. For Power Automate flows, cloud flow run data goes into the Requests table and action/trigger data goes into the Dependencies table automatically.

2. Billing?

Application Insights is billed per GB of data ingested into Azure Monitor Logs. The first 5 GB per month per billing account is free. After that it is pay-as-you-go per GB. For multiple apps you do not need separate Application Insights resources. You can send telemetry from all apps into a single workspace and filter by app in your queries, which keeps costs centralized and manageable. Use the Azure Pricing Calculator to estimate based on your expected event volume.

Ref:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/canvas-apps/application-insights
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/app-insights-cloud-flow

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/monitor/

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Valantis

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